Future in the Past
Future in the Past
El tiempo Future in Past responde a la pregunta: What was going to happen? = ¿Qué iba a pasar? o What was going to be happening? = ¿Qué iba a estar pasando?. Se forma: Sujeto + was/were + going to + verbo en presente (I was going to work). Sujeto + was/were + going to + be + verbo en progresivo (I was going to be working).
| 1. Present I work I am working |
2. Present perfect I have worked I have been working |
| 3. Past I worked I was working |
4. Past perfect I had worked I had been working |
| 5. Future I will work I will be working |
6. Future perfect I will have worked I will have been working |
| 7. Future (going to) I am going to work I am going to be working |
8. Future perfect (going to) I am going to have worked I am going to have been working |
| 9. Future in past I was going to work I was going to be working |
10. Future perfect in past I was going to have worked I was going to have been working |
| 11. Conditional I would work I would be working |
12. Conditional perfect I would have worked I would have been working |
| 13. Modals I (can, could, ...) work I (can, could, ...) be working |
14. Modals + have I (can, could, ...) have worked I (can, could, ...) have been working |
| 15. Imperative Work! Let's work! |
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Simple Tenses - Continuous Tenses
Future in the Past
What was going to happen? - ¿Qué iba a pasar?I was going to work - Iba a trabajar
- I am sorry. I was going to call you but then I forgot.
Lo lamento. Te iba a llamar pero lo olvidé. - We were going to take the foreign visitors around town, but they never arrived.
Íbamos a llevar a los visitantes extranjeros a conocer la ciudad, pero nunca llegaron. - James was going to print his paper, but the printer was not working.
James iba a imprimir su trabajo, pero la impresora no estaba funcionando. - Mr. Drake was going to fix his car, but it was too expensive.
El Sr. Drake iba a reparar su auto, pero era demasiado costoso. - That singer was going to record a new album but then she got sick.
Esa cantante iba a grabar un álbum nuevo pero se enfermó. - We were not going to swim in the river.
No íbamos a nadar en el río. - The plane was not going to depart at 6:00.
El avión no iba a partir a las 6:00. - Was he going to buy tickets for the concert?
¿Él iba a comprar entradas para el concierto? - Were they going to move to South Africa?
¿Ellos iban a mudarse a Sudáfrica?
Future in the Past – Continuous form
What was going to be happening? - ¿Qué iba a estar pasando?I was going to be working - Iba a estar trabajando
- Mrs. Jones was going to be working in her garden, but it was too cold to be outdoors.
La Sra. Jones iba a estar trabajando en el jardín, pero hacía demasiado frío para estar afuera. - Alan was going to be repairing the front door when the tenants arrived.
Alan iba a estar reparando la puerta de entrada cuando llegaran los inquilinos. - The boys had lost their tent so they were going to be sleeping under the trees.
Los niños habían perdido la carpa entonces iban a estar durmiendo bajo los árboles. - They were not going to be painting their apartment on a wet day.
No iban a estar pintando el departamento un día húmedo. - Was Peter going to be calling her during the baseball game?
¿Peter iba a estar llamándola durante el partido de baseball?
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